there's a couple of decks in my meta where this will net you about a dozen tokens... at the same time though, i'm on the fence. those decks that tend to be artifact heavy tend to also be able to answer this - the instant speed is nice, but generally they're combo decks so that swarm of 3/3's has to deal with a boardstate they can't get through, or the spell just eats a counterspell. i really think this one falls under good on paper, mediocre in practice

there's a couple of decks in my meta where this will net you about a dozen tokens... at the same time though, i'm on the fence. those decks that tend to be artifact heavy tend to also be able to answer this - the instant speed is nice, but generally they're combo decks so that swarm of 3/3's has to deal with a boardstate they can't get through, or the spell just eats a counterspell. i really think this one falls under good on paper, mediocre in practice

There's some truth to that, but I think the sweet spot for this is getting 3 or 4 tokens out of a player accelerating with mana rocks, ideally with aura shards. I know I was playing a turbo Sidisi with an 80% success rate by t4.:if green could get under me, orbit failed to combo, this would wreck me.

there's a couple of decks in my meta where this will net you about a dozen tokens... at the same time though, i'm on the fence. those decks that tend to be artifact heavy tend to also be able to answer this - the instant speed is nice, but generally they're combo decks so that swarm of 3/3's has to deal with a boardstate they can't get through, or the spell just eats a counterspell. i really think this one falls under good on paper, mediocre in practice

There's some truth to that, but I think the sweet spot for this is getting 3 or 4 tokens out of a player accelerating with mana rocks, ideally with aura shards. I know I was playing a turbo Sidisi with an 80% success rate by t4.:if green could get under me, orbit failed to combo, this would wreck me.

oh i can absolutely agree with that, in some situations - like the aura shards one - this thing is a HOUSE. i think in most its just okay. that's alright though. its a pretty solid token generator for decks that want it, and in some builds it'll be extremely strong. i do expect to see it jammed into every g/x deck for about a month, and then promptly cut as people realize it doesn't always net them as many tokens as they want, or those tokens end up being lower impact than they needed. its still a good card.